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In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
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Indigenous peoples of the United States
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Pocahontas
Native American woman (c. 1596 – 1617)
Pocahontas was a Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Wahunsenacawh, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribes in the Tsenacommacah,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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